Band 6 Mental Health Nurse (RMN) or Occupational Therapists

We're looking for people who share our values of compassion, accountability and optimism to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve. We specialise in NHS mental health and learning disability services and we're proud to make a difference every day. At SPFT we put people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. You'll have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development. We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it's part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we'll explore what works for you and the role. We recognise that tools like AI are becoming part of everyday life and you may choose to use them when preparing your application. We welcome this, as long as what you submit reflects your own experience, skills and voice. AI can be helpful for structuring or refining your answers, but it should not replace your own examples or create content that isn't based on your real experience. Our recruitment process is designed to get to know you, and we'll explore your examples further at interview, so it's important your application genuinely represents what you bring. You can read more about using AI in applications and interviews on our recruitment process page. We're shaping a workplace where ideas are encouraged, technology supports you and everyone has a voice in how we improve. If that sounds like the kind of organisation you want to be part of, we'd love to hear from you.Job overview Are you looking for a new challenge and want to offer the best care in times of Crisis? Do you want to help shape the future of the CRHT? We're looking for like-minded people to join us and help provide top quality care to those who need it. We have an opportunity for a Band 6 Mental Health Nurse (RMN) or Occupational Therapists (OT) to join the Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment Team (CRHT) at Woodlands Centre for Acute Care, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex. The CRHT team is a part of acute care and works closely with the acute hospital and community teams to support clients in a mental health crisis. It offers clients care and support in their own homes as an alternative to hospital admission., As an Urgent Care Practitioner in our team you will work in partnership with service users with complex health presentations, developing their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives. You will be responsible for the assessment, planning and implementation of top-quality care to service users. This will include working alongside service users, carers, families and partner agencies such as voluntary sector agencies, schools and colleges. As well as providing specialist nursing advice and carry out nursing procedures, and monitoring the effectiveness of treatments in order to progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention. You may also be involved in providing clinical supervision to staff and students. This may include acting as shift co-ordinator as needed to lead the team on shift, as well as allocating and delegating tasks to colleagues. You will be expected to liaise with other services and external agencies to triage referrals to the service and gatekeep inpatient admissions. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your leadership skills if you are looking for career progression in the future. There are always opportunities for extra bank work and further experience throughout the Urgent Care Hub within our other services, and we welcome the opportunity to support your career if you are looking to gain added experience from another service area.

• Professional Registration
• Experience of working in the relevant care group
• Experience of working with people with complex needs
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
It would also be advantageous if you have:
• Experience of supervising staff
The service operates 7 days a week and there will be an expectation to work weekends and shifts, which would involve early and late shifts. Please note the ability to travel is essential for this role as regular home visits to service users and occasional visits to other trust sites is required.,
• Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role.
• Evidence of continuous professional development, Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments, Successful candidates are normally appointed to the bottom of the pay scale unless previous NHS experience in a similar role can be evidenced., You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Travel easily between coast and countryside and enjoy the natural beauty the county has to offer. With a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns, there's always somewhere new to visit
• Embrace the city life and visit Brighton, or even travel to London in under 90 minutes
• As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.
Your benefits:
• Access to full psychological support, via our internal wellbeing team
• Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
• Free parking on-site
• Access to a host of discount schemes
• A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC
• Excellent NHS Pension
• Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
• A 'Golden Hello' or relocation package up to £2000 (see attached documentation for T&C's)
We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.